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Paramount, theaters hatch deal to trim theatrical window

Paramount Pictures chiseled a crack into the closely guarded theatrical window on Wednesday in an experimental agreement with two leading theater chains that will trim the length of time a handful of movies are restricted to playing only in theaters.
9 years ago
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‘Tiny Times 4’ franchise movie premieres in China

Stars attended the premiere Wednesday of "Tiny Times 4," the expected final installment of one of China's most successful movie franchises, whose depiction of the lives and loves of four young women has garnered many fans among the young cinema-going audience.
9 years ago
FILE – In this Feb. 7, 2015 file photo, Cary Fukunaga arrives the 67th Annual DGA Awards in L...
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Netflix sets release dates for slate of original films

Netflix's upcoming slate of original films will begin rolling out with Cary Fukunaga's "Beasts of No Nation" in October and Adam Sandler's "The Ridiculous Six" in December.
9 years ago
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‘Lego Movie’ directors to helm Han Solo ‘Star Wars’ spinoff

Laugh it up, Fuzzballs: Han Solo is getting his own movie, and it's going to be helmed by "Lego Movie" directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord.
9 years ago
In this image released by Universal Pictures, Scarlet Overkill, voiced by Sandra Bullock, second le...
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Review: A prequel for the pipsqueaks called ‘Minions’

if rarely competently -- devoted lackeys, they're underlings by both definition and verticality.
9 years ago
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‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ actress Amanda Peterson dies at 43

Amanda Peterson, best known for her role in the 1987 romantic comedy "Can't Buy Me Love," has died. She was 43.
9 years ago
FILE – In this Jan. 12, 2014 file photo, producer Jerry Weintraub poses in the press room wit...
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Longtime Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub dies at 77

One of the last of the classic Hollywood showmen, Jerry Weintraub built his show business empire on a Rolodex and chutzpah.
9 years ago
FILE – In this file image released by Disney-Pixar, characters, from left, Anger, voiced by L...
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‘Inside Out’ emerges atop ‘Jurassic World’ in final tally

Three weeks after opening, Pixar's "Inside Out" has finally slayed the dinosaurs of "Jurassic World."
9 years ago
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Review: ‘Tangerine’ a vital peek into unseen LA street lives

the invisible and maligned. They're sex workers who troll the streets of Hollywood, turning tricks in parked cars. Their hangout is an all-night doughnut shop. They keep company with pimps, druggies and the overlooked.
9 years ago
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‘Terminator,’ ‘Magic Mike’ fizzle at July 4th box office

July 4th went off like a dud at the box office. Anticipated new releases "Magic Mike XXL" and "Terminator Genisys" fizzled, leaving the popular holdovers "Jurassic World" and "Inside Out" to top the holiday weekend.
9 years ago
n In this June 29, 2015 photo, lawyer-turned-director Adam Nimoy, son of the late Star Trek actor L...
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Leonard Nimoy’s son makes Spock documentary to honor father

Adam Nimoy has found a way to spend countless hours with his late father Leonard Nimoy: He's creating a documentary for the actor who played Spock on "Star Trek."
9 years ago
FILE – In this file photo dated Friday, July 4, 2008, Jazz Soul singer Amy Winehouse, from En...
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Amy Winehouse documentary wins raves but angers family

In "Amy," performers as diverse as Yasiin Bey and Tony Bennett sing the praises of the late Amy Winehouse, and the documentary helps reclaim the talented, troubled singer as a musician, rather than a mess.
9 years ago
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Monsters mix with the Great Wall in Matt Damon US-China film

Matt Damon, one of China's favorite Hollywood stars, said Thursday he was overwhelmed at the fans turning up at his hotel in China -- not for him but for an ex-boy band singer who also appears in a Sino-Hollywood fantasy adventure movie.
9 years ago
Paul Rudd is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Los A...
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‘Ant-Man’ Paul Rudd gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

It's a big honor for "Ant-Man."
9 years ago
n In this Tuesday, June 23, 2015 photo, actress, Bella Thorne, who appears in MTV’s “Scream” ...
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Bella Thorne helps kick off MTV’s ‘Scream’ adaptation

Bella Thorne has advice for anyone being chased by a villain in a horror film:
9 years ago
n In this image released by Sony Pictures Classics, Simone Kirby portrays Oonagh, left, and Barry W...
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Review: Gralton’s story told in elegant ‘Jimmy’s Hall’

where jazz, industry and skyscrapers abound in a vibrant and changing world -- before jumping across the Atlantic to Leitrim, a bucolic and backward farming town.
9 years ago
In this Friday, June 26, 2015 photo, Emilia Clarke poses for a portrait during press day for &#8220...
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Emilia Clarke conquers the big screen with a ‘Terminator’

The secret about overnight success in Hollywood is that it never actually happens that way.
9 years ago
In this image released by Universal Pictures, the character Ted, voiced by Seth MacFarlane, left, a...
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Box Office Top 20: ‘Jurassic,’ ‘Inside Out’ top ‘Ted 2’

"Inside Out" and "Jurassic World" are still drawing significant audiences to theaters even in their second and third weekends at the multiplex, leaving little room for newer fare like "Ted 2."
9 years ago
Associated Press

‘Gravity’ author drops lawsuit against Warner Bros.

Author Tess Gerritsen has dropped her lawsuit against Warner Bros. over similarities between the 2013 film "Gravity" and her 1999 book, she wrote in a statement Monday, citing brutal emotional and financial costs.
9 years ago
FILE – In this Oct. 11, 2014 file photo, Raquel Welch arrives at the 2014 Carousel Of Hope Ba...
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Raquel Welch talks Hispanic pride, refusal to change name

Jo-Raquel Tejada remembers one of the first times that she had to take a stand for her identity.
9 years ago
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Common, Oyelowo diversify film academy membership

After widespread criticism of the film academy's overwhelmingly white slate of Oscar nominees this year, the organization has announced a roster of potential new members that skews younger and more diverse.
9 years ago
FILE – In this Feb. 24, 1999, file photo, composer James Horner poses for a photo at the 41st...
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Coroner confirms James Horner’s death, rules it accidental

A Southern California medical examiner's office confirmed Thursday that Oscar-winning composer James Horner was the pilot killed in a plane crash this week, and the death has been ruled an accident.
9 years ago
Hollywood director Catherine Hardwicke smiles during an interview in Beijing, Thursday, June 25, 20...
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‘Twilight”s Catherine Hardwicke to film love epic in China

"Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke said Thursday she is making a sweeping romantic epic set in an ancient Silk Road city located in present-day western China.
9 years ago
FILE – In this March 20, 2015 file photo, actor Shia LaBeouf is escorted by court officers as...
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Shia LaBeouf’s head, hand injured on set of ‘American Honey’

Shia LaBeouf has received stitches to his head and hand after injuring himself on the North Dakota set of the film "American Honey."
9 years ago